2016 Charity Shield

South Sydney v St George-Illawarra

Stadium Australia

Sat Feb 13, 5:30pm

Selected Charity Shield Teams

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Late Changes

Keary and Turner were out. Sutton start five-eight, Cody Walker half, Brown prop, Clark and Gosiewski second row. Levido, Sjieka, Dietz, Mociedieke, Gregorious, Siolo, Dokoivalu and Clayton Williams added to the bench.

WIN 18-14

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have retained the coveted Charity Shield following a solid victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons at ANZ Stadium to the tune of 18-14. There were promising signs from the Rabbitohs for the season, with impressive performances from the likes of Cody Walker, Damien Cook and Cameron McInnes among a host of others. After the Rabbitohs managed to force a line drop-out in the opening five minutes of play, it was John Sutton who would ultimately capitalise by barging over for the first try of the match – some brilliant lead-up work from Cody Walker and Cameron McInnes laying the platform. Bryson Goodwin converted to give Souths an early 6-0 lead. The six-point advantage would be short-lived though, when Dragons winger Jason Nightingale showed tremendous athleticism to keep the ball in play after an in-goal kick that looked sure to go dead was kept in play by the Kiwi. Kurt Mann was on hand to pick up the scraps and score out wide to make it 6-4. Once the Rabbitohs got the ball back, a towering John Sutton kick on the end of a brilliant set of six was dropped cold by Peter Mata’utia on his own goal-line, gifting possession to the men in Red and Green. But the home-side was unable to capitalise, opting instead to be adventurous by kicking on the second tackle. With the Dragons on the back-pedal late in the first half, skipper Ben Creagh found himself having a close look at the ANZ Stadium turf after putting his head in the wrong position attempting a tackle on Cameron McInnes – Creagh left the field as a result. Poor ball-control would hamper both teams’ advances up-field as the off-season rust continued to have an effect on the match, but flashes of brilliance would ultimately keep Members and supporters cheering. Exciting breaks by Cody Walker and Damien Cook almost resulted in tries to the Rabbitohs, with both players showing their wares for the first time in the Rabbitohs jumper at ANZ Stadium. Saints looked certain to score seven minutes from half-time when Euan Aitken carried three Rabbitohs defenders over the try-line. But the Video Referee would rule against the four-pointer on the grounds of a loss of control of the ball. The teams would go to the sheds locked at 6-4 A twelve minute arm-wrestle following the break saw both teams trade opportunities in what looked from the outset to be a higher quality clash. Siliva Havili picked up a try to take the lead for the Dragons though with Benji Marshall converting to make it 10-6. But the Rabbitohs would hit back immediately. The injection of Kirisome Auva’a into the match saw the centre finish off a back-line movement to score out wide. Damien Cook continued his impressive first foray for the Club by converting from the touchline to re-take the lead at 12-10. New recruit Michael Oldfield then showed his wares at fullback when he managed to get out of the in-goal despite a well-weighted kick by the Dragons that looked certain to catch the former Sea Eagle in-goal. A strong combo from Walker and Hunt on their own side of half-way saw the Rabbitohs lay the platform for a brilliant try to Ed Murphy – Walker making a long break to set the try up before converting from the touch-line to make it 18-10. With five minutes in the match remaining, Aitken got a four-pointer after having his first attempt disallowed – the centre crossing millimetres in from touch to make the final score 18-14.

 4 min  6-0
 9 min  6-4
52 min  6-10
55 min 12-10
69 min 18-10
75 min 18-14

Sutton, Auva'a, Murphy tries
Goodwin 1 from 1, D.Cook 1 from 1, C.Walker 1 from 1 goals

Crowd       13,241
Referee     G.Badger / C.Sutton

Penalities  3-6
Scrums      7-13

                            Min Tac Pe MT LB  HU  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG
Flbk - Oldfield, Michael     80   5  -  2  -  16   1  156  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
LWng - Gray, Aaron           67   7  -  2  -  10   -   93  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
LCnt - Goodwin, Bryson       40   4  -  1  -   8   1   77  -  -   1  -  -  1/1   -
RCnt - Hunt, Hymel           47   4  -  -  -   9   1   91  1  1   -  -  -  -     -
RWng - Olive,John            67   1  -  -  -   9   3  105  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
5/8  - Sutton, John          52  19  1  -  1  11   -   64  3  -   5  -  1  -     - (c)
Half - Walker, Cody          74  17  -  1  2   8   -  119  1  -   5  -  -  1/1   -
Prop - Brown, Nathan         42  24  -  1  -  10   -   98  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
Hook - McInnes, Cameron      48  27  1  2  -  13   1   72  1  1   1  -  -  -     -
Prop - Musgrove, Zane        45  18  -  6  -  11   -   87  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
SRow - Clark, Jason          42  23  -  -  -   7   -   53  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
SRow - Gosiewski, Jack       64  26  -  3  -   7   -   58  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Lock - Carter, Paul          68  38  1  2  -   9   -   45  3  2   -  -  -  -     -

Int  - Cook, Damien          37  18  -  1  -   5   2   73  1  -   4  -  -  1/1   -
Int  - Auva'a, Kirisome      13   3  -  -  1   2   -   28  -  -   -  -  1  -     -
Int  - Nielsen, Dane         40   5  -  -  -   5   2   27  -  1   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Hughes, Tom            9   1  -  1  -   -   -    -  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Murphy, Ed            13   5  -  -  1   2   -   19  -  -   -  -  1  -     -
Int  - Whitelaw, Cheyne      26  24  -  1  -   2   -   12  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Gray, Brock            8   6  -  -  -   -   -    -  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Travers, Riley        28   6  -  -  -   2   -   12  -  -   1  2  -  -     -
Int  - Levido, Eli            6   2  -  -  -   -   -    -  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Sjieka, Jack          18   9  1  1  -   5   -   35  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Dietz, Brad           10   3  -  1  -   -   -    -  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Mociedieke, Sitiveni   -   -  -  -  -   -   -    -  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Gregorious, Bernard   13   1  -  -  -   3   1   27  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Siolo, Patrice        23  14  2  1  -   4   -   26  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Dokoivalu, Jokatama   40  15  -  2  -  10   -   83  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Williams, Clayton      8   6  -  -  -   1   -   14  -  -   -  -  -  -     -

TOTAL                           331  6 28  5         1474 14  5  17  2  3  3/3   -

Completion Rate      25 / 39  64%

Opposition Offloads  8

Effective 1st Tackles

 0 min   7m CWalker kick
 2 min   0m Goodwin kick CIG
 3 min   0m TRY
 6 min  65m Sutton kick 3m / SS P(McInnes) / (SI TRY)
11 min   4m Sutton kick
12 min   1m SI Err SCR / CWalker kick
13 min  18m SS Err(Sutton) SCR
16 min  15m SI Err SCR / SI 6TG / SS Err(Sutton)
17 min  56m SS Err(Carter) SCR
19 min   6m SI Err SCR / Sutton kick
20 min  16m SI Err / SS Err(Sutton) SCR
22 min  40m CWalker kick DIG
25 min   0m P / McInnes kick CIG
27 min  18m P / SS Err(Dokoivalu) SCR
29 min   4m SI Err SCR / SUtton kick
31 min  96m SS Err(Carter) 26m / SS P(Sutton) 58m / SS P(Sjieka) / (SI NO TRY)
34 min  14m SI Err SCR / Carter kick SCR
36 min  70m SS Err(HHunt) SCR
38 min  18m DCook kick
39 min  10m SI Err SCR / SS Err(Musgrove) SCR

half time

41 min  30m Sutton kick COF
43 min  27m DCook kick COF
45 min  59m SS Err(Whitelaw) SCR
48 min  16m P / SS Err(Carter) SCR
50 min  86m SCR SS Err(Brown) SCR / (SI TRY)
54 min   0m SI Err SCR / TRY
57 min  19m CWalker kick COF
59 min  65m SS Err(Carter) SCR
62 min  17m SI Err / CWalker kick
64 min  19m Travers kick SCR
66 min  25m DCook kick
68 min   0m TRY
71 min  62m SS Err(McInnes) SCR
72 min  95m SS Err(CWalker)
74 min  67m DO / (SI TRY)
78 min  93m SI Err / SS P(Siolo) SS P(Siolo) 54m / SS P(Carter)

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 31.6m - for the whole match

- 22.9m - 1st half
- 42.5m - 2nd half 

Other Trial Matches

18-16 Town Nth Qld    b Townsville
20-0  Koug Brisbane   b Wynnum
40-18 Whng Warriors   b Gold Coast
18-16 SunC Wests-Tig  b Melbourne
24-20 Penr Penrith    b Canterbury
20-20 ASpr Parramatta d Gold Coast
24-24 Ende Cronulla   d Manly
      

Judiciary News

No one was charged out of the match.

U20 NYC Trial

3:15pm

LOSS 28-34

Hamlin was out. Ellison start wing, Cottrell center, J.Hunt prop, B.Gray lock, Davis on the bench. Final line up -


Flbk - Yates, Riley 
LWng - Ellison, Josh 
LCnt - Cottrell, Tevita 
RCnt - Goolagong, Damon 
RWng - McGrady, Malcolm 
5/8  - Leddy, Harry 
Half - Coleman, Liam 
Prop - Rudolf, Toby 
Hook - Sands, Maia 
Prop - Hunt, Jamel 
SRow - McCudden, Jacob 
SRow - Lillis, Rory 
Lock - Gray, Brock 

Int  - Davis, Tim 
Int  - Perrin, Tom 
Int  - Cordtz, Beau 
Int  - Winters, Steve 
Int  - Brennan, Jake 
Int  - Peato, Joe 
Int  - Titie, Evander 
Int  - Ili, Kalani 
Int  - Saunders, Josh 
Int  - Sautu, Elijah 

The St George Illawarra Dragons have taken the early points at ANZ Stadium in the under 20s, coming away with a 34-28 victory over the Rabbitohs – but it didn’t come easy for the Red V. Playing in sweltering conditions and across four quarters, the Rabbitohs fought back from a 24-10 half-time deficit to equalise at 28 apiece late in the game before a try to the Dragons just before full-time sealed the match. The Rabbitohs got their Charity Shield underway after just five minutes of play on the back of a Dragons mistake close to the line. Some two tackles later, Jacob McCudden hit the ball at speed to score out wide – defying a number of Dragons defenders. Harry Leddy added the extras from out wide to give Souths an early 6-0 lead. It only took six minutes though for the Dragons to hit back, with hooker Ryan Fletcher scooting out of dummy half to score adjacent to the uprights. Paora Kemp converted to equalise at six apiece. Saints took the lead just before the 20 minute drinks break, when winger Logan Yates spun out of a number of Souths tackles before planting the ball down millimetres inside touch. Kemp made no mistake with his pin-point conversion to make it 12-6. Saints built on their lead after the first quarter when halfback, Jack Payne, powered his way over, and with Kemp’s conversion, the Red V jumped out to an 18-6 lead. TJ Uele extended the lead in similar fashion to Paune’s four-pointer from the very next set, with Kemp making it four from four with the boot to take make it 24-6. With the first half winding down, the Rabbitohs hit back with a brilliant long-range effort that saw the ball drawn and passed on three occasions before landing in the hands of an unmarked Tevita Cottrell on the Souths wing to bring the score to 24-10. By the start of the third quarter, the Rabbitohs were upping the intensity, resulting in hooker Maia Sands grabbing himself a well-earned try after out-muscling the Dragons defence close to the line. Beau Cordtz added the extras to narrow the gap to 24-16. Saints would have none of it though, with the side building momentum to allow centre, Reuben Garrick, to stroll over unmarked out wide to make it 28-16. The struggle would continue though in the final quarter when Damon Goolagong sped over before bettering the position to plant the ball right behind the posts. Leddy converted to make it a six-point ball-game at 28-22 with just under 14 minutes on the clock remaining. But a try to Josh Ellison mere moments later would narrow the gap to two points when the centre raced towards the uprights. Leddy converted to equalise the match at 28 apiece with 10 minutes left. Logan Yates would break the deadlock for the Dragons with seven minutes in the match remaining, when he crossed for his second of the afternoon out wide. Kemp continued his impressive afternoon with the boot to make it 34-28 with his touch-line conversion. Souths would go straight back on the attack though, and nearly came up with more points when a Harry Leddy kick into the in-goal came within a whisker of being planted down by a Rabbitohs hand. The opportunity would ultimately be missed, with the final score reading 34-28 in favour of the Saints.

 6 min  6-0
12 min  6-6
19 min  6-12
24 min  6-18
27 min  6-24
39 min 10-24
47 min 16-24
57 min 16-28
64 min 22-28
69 min 28-28
73 min 28-34

McCudden, Cottrell, Sands, Goolagong, Ellison tries
Leddy 3 from 4, Corditz 1 from 1 goals

NSWRL U18 SG Ball Cup Round 1

v Sydney Roosters, Hens, Sat Feb 13 12:00 noon

WIN 44-10

South Sydney’s Harold Matthews and SG Ball Junior representative teams kicked off their respective seasons over the weekend against the Sydney Roosters, with positive signs coming from the first week of competition for the Club. Playing in sweltering conditions at Henson Park, the Matt King coached SG Ball (under 18s) took the game by the scruff of the neck, posting eight tries to two to come away with a 44-10 victory. Johnny Mitsias and Josh Cook both grabbed doubles, while Marwene Hiroti kicked six goals for the men in Red and Green. Although pleased with the performance of his men, coach King is adamant that there is plenty of work to be done yet in the pursuit of fine-tuning and polishing his young squad. “We scored a few points in the back end of the game there which was pleasing,” said King. “It was 18-4 at half-time and our boys kicked on with it in the back half of the second half there. “I was really pleased with what we’ve tried to achieve over the pre-season and the boys took that into the game. it’s all those little areas that we constantly talk about – supporting each other and defending for each other which I’ve really pressed upon the boys and they played really well in that regard. “A few cobwebs there and a fair bit of rust there obviously only being our first game, so a fair bit to work on.”

 3 min  6-0
20 min 12-0
26 min 12-4
28 min 18-4
42 min 18-10
49 min 24-10
57 min 28-10
60 min 34-10
66 min 40-10

Mitsias 2, J.Cook 2, Downes(Johnstone), P.Hunt, Hawkins, Alatipi tries
M.Hiroti 6 from 8 goals

Other U18 Matches

40-12 Raid Canberra    b W Syd Acad
76-12 CurU Cronulla    b West Coast
36-16 Penr Penrith     b Balmain
42-10 Woll Illawarra   b Norths
40-28 Kanw Parramatta  b C Coast
42-18 Brok Newcastle   b Manly
28-12 Belm Canterbury  b St George
     
               W D  L B Diff PT
CRONULLA       1 -  - -  +64  2
SOUTHS         1 -  - -  +34  2
ILLAWARRA      1 -  - -  +32  2
CANBERRA       1 -  - -  +28  2
NEWCASTLE      1 -  - -  +24  2
PENRITH        1 -  - -  +20  2
CANTERBURY     1 -  - -  +16  2
PARRAMATTA     1 -  - -  +12  2
Wests          - -  - 1    0  2
Central Coast  - -  1 -  -12  -
St George      - -  1 -  -16  -
Balmain        - -  1 -  -20  -
Manly          - -  1 -  -24  -
W Syd Academy  - -  1 -  -28  -
Norths         - -  1 -  -32  -
Syd Roosters   - -  1 -  -34  -
West Coast     - -  1 -  -64  -

NSWRL U16 Matthews Cup Round 1

v Sydney Roosters, 10:30am

DRAW 22-22

In the Harold Matthews Cup (under 16s), Jason Peterson’s South Sydney side managed a 22 all draw with the Roosters – both teams scoring four tries and three goals to round out proceedings.

 5 min  0-6
14 min  6-6
20 min  6-10
29 min 10-10
33 min 16-10
36 min 16-16
41 min 16-22
44 min 20-22
56 min 22-22

Saisoa'a, Leuii, P.Turner, Armstrong tries
Taumoepeau 3 from 5 goals

Other U16 Matches

12-12 Raid Canberra    d W Syd Acad
82-0  Kirk Cronulla    b SW Syd Acad
18-18 Penr Penrith     d Balmain
32-8  Woll Illawarra   b Norths
54-6  Kanw Parramatta  b C Coast
26-16 Brok Newcastle   b Manly
24-8  Belm Canterbury  b St George
     
               W D  L B Diff PT
CRONULLA       1 -  - -  +82  2
PARRAMATTA     1 -  - -  +48  2
ILLAWARRA      1 -  - -  +24  2
CANTERBURY     1 -  - -  +16  2
NEWCASTLE      1 -  - -  +10  2
WESTS          - -  - 1    0  2
SOUTHS         - 1  - -    0  1
SYDNEY         - 1  - -    0  1
Balmain        - 1  - -    0  1
Penrith        - 1  - -    0  1
Canberra       - 1  - -    0  1
W Syd Academy  - 1  - -    0  1
Manly          - -  1 -  -10  -
St George      - -  1 -  -16  -
Norths         - -  1 -  -24  -
Central Coast  - -  1 -  -48  -
SW Syd Academy - -  1 -  -82  -


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